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  • Paul Fritz avatar

    How To Avoid Being Blinded To The Truth Of The Holy Spirit

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 23, 2001
    based on 21 ratings
     | 3,133 views

    How to avoid being blinded to the truth of the Holy Spirit

    Gal. 3:1-5 Theme - Avoid being blinded to the Spirit by relying on works of the flesh. What happens to people who prefer to live by the letter of the law rather than by the Spirit of grace? While the Bible urges us to perfection, you do not become holy through the keeping of the law. Paul saw ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Taking Initiative Series

    Contributed by Daniel Villa on Mar 2, 2003
    based on 97 ratings
     | 47,749 views

    Wise people don’t sit and wait for things to happen, instead they take action to do what Jesus wants them to do.

    TAKING INITIATIVE Wise Living Series #3 Proverbs 6:9-11 WISE PEOPLE TAKE INITIATIVE. They just don’t sit and watch, they take action to accomplish what they believe God wants. Welcome to our Wise Living Series. We’re discovering biblical principles to equip us for life – to live our lives to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Patiently Waiting For Christ's Return Series

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Mar 17, 2003
    based on 21 ratings
     | 11,999 views

    We might ache for the redemption of creation, but James calls us to wait patiently.

    James 5:7-12 Patiently waiting for Christ’s Return What are you going to do when Spring finally comes? – tell your neighbour What are you going to do when Christ finally comes? – tell your neighbour Revelation 21 The New Jerusalem 1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    "Appointed"

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Apr 5, 2005
    based on 18 ratings
     | 6,235 views

    We are appointed to eternal life, and once we’ve responded to God’s call and been saved we are appointed to service.

    “For thus the Lord has commanded us, ‘I have placed You as a light for the Gentiles that You should bring salvation to the end of the earth’. And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord; and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed. And ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

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    Plugging Into The Power - Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Oct 3, 2006
     | 4,784 views

    Third in a series on the early church. The second of a two-part message on how to get plugged into the power of the Holy Spirit.

    “It is a sin to be good if God has called us to be great.” Two weeks ago we began a journey to see how God can take our church from good to great. In Acts Chapter 1, we saw that Jesus commanded his followers to wait for the power that would come upon them when they received the Holy Spirit. But ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Anger: Taking A "Chil” Pill Series

    Contributed by David Flowers on Nov 19, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,080 views

    Part 2 of series Emotions, this message deals with Anger and a prescription for dealing with it found in Psalm 37.

    Anger: Taking a “Chil” Pill: Emotions, part 2 Wildwind Community Church 11/19/2006 David Flowers With Thanksgiving being Thursday and Thanksgiving weekend actually being next week, I want to talk to you about something we’re not really all that thankful for this morning. We’re in a series on ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    Good And Faithful Servants Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Dec 22, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 11,538 views

    Parables for Stewards, Pt. 8 (Final)

    GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANTS (MATTHEW 25:13-30) Newsweek magazine published the results of an interview with respondents two years before the actual countdown to the new millennium of 2000 began in earnest. People were asked this question: “If money were no object, how would you like to prepare for ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    To Forgive Is Divine Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Jan 27, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 9,843 views

    41st in a series from Ephesians. We need to forgive others in the body the same way God forgave us.

    On Monday morning, October 2, 2006, a gunman entered a one-room Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania. In front of twenty-five horrified pupils, thirty-two-year-old Charles Roberts ordered the boys and the teacher to leave. After tying the legs of the ten remaining girls, Roberts prepared to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Treating Parents Right Series

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Jun 5, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,530 views

    4 of 6 messages on building a Godly home. This message examines what it means to obey the fifth commandment from the vantage point of an adult.

    HomeBuilders Treating Parents Right June 3, 2007 The Fifth Commandment Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you. Exodus 20;12 I read somewhere recently that the 10 Commandments are really God’s 10 principles for preventing pain. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Experiencing God Series

    Contributed by John Park on Oct 12, 2004
    based on 20 ratings
     | 6,089 views

    A sermon from the first chapter of Acts from a chapter by chapter series on Acts.

    EXPERIENCING GOD I. Introduction A. Author and Date 1. Although the author is not named in the book we can gather from external evidences and from inferences of the book itself that Luke was the author. 2. The earliest of the external evidences appear in the Muratorian Canon (A.D. 170), ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Good And Faithful Servants Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Oct 14, 2004
    based on 34 ratings
     | 9,610 views

    Parables for Christian Living, Pt. 8

    GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANTS (MATTHEW 25:13-30) Newsweek magazine published the results of an interview with respondents two years before the actual countdown to the new millennium of 2000 began in earnest. People were asked this question: “If money were no object, how would you like to prepare for ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    It's Not All About Me Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Apr 30, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,202 views

    13th in a series from Ephesians. The entire process of salvation is God’s gift - it is nothing we can earn.

    Last Sunday many of you may have seen the article titled “’Lord’ is fading at some churches” on the front page of the Arizona Daily Star. The article focuses on two practices that have become common in these churches – leaving the word “Lord” completely out of their liturgy and their services, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The "S" Word: Husbands And Wives Series

    Contributed by Jim Drake on Apr 30, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,069 views

    God gave us marriage as a picture of Christ’s love for His church. We faithfully show the world His love for us in the way we accurately display that picture in our marital submission.

    1. Marital submission is about a mutual position 2. Marital submission is about a marvelous preparation 3. Marital submission is about a mysterious picture EPHESIANS 5:22-33 On June 14, 2000, Southern Baptists created a firestorm of controversy. Leaders of our convention were all over the TV ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Kevin Higgins avatar

    Remodeling: Dealing With Imperfect Families Series

    Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Sep 12, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 15,517 views

    Sermon 1 of 4: Lessons learned from remodeling.

    Extreme Home Makeovers Remodeling: Dealing with Imperfect Families Psalm 127:1 Woodlawn Baptist Church September 4, 2005 Introduction (The idea for this sermon title and series came from Outreach Magazine) Do you enjoy home makeover programs on television? What about remodeling your own home? ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Cameron Bottema avatar

    Filled With The Holy Spirit

    Contributed by Cameron Bottema on May 28, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 12,231 views

    A Biblical understanding of being filled with the Holy Spirit, as observed from the Text of Scripture.

    FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT Acts 2:1-21 Text: Acts 2:4a “And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit.” Being filled with the Holy Spirit, or being full of the Holy Spirit, or being baptized by or in the Holy Spirit are phrases that mean different things to different people in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Friends